Niagara Falls pastor to be honored at Black History Month celebration

by jmaloni

Press release

Mon, Feb 11th 2013 07:00 am

Niagara
Falls Memorial Medical Center will honor the senior pastor of Mount
Erie Missionary Baptist Church for his contributions to the community
on Friday, Feb. 15, at the hospital's annual Black History Month
celebration.

The
Rev. Richard D. Hague Jr., who was installed at Mount Erie in 2001,
is the chairman of the City of Niagara Falls Human Rights Commission.
He also serves on the boards of directors for the P2 Collaborative,
Independent Health Foundation, Community Missions of Niagara, Great
Lakes Baptist Association, Niagara Charter School and the Erie
Niagara Area Health Education Center.

The
free celebration will be held in the Memorial Medical Center
Auditorium, 621 10th St.

"Pastor
Hague has been deeply involved in community outreach for the past
decade. His commitment to organizations that seek to improve the
health of Western New Yorkers is inspirational and this honor is well
deserved," said Charles A. Walker, Memorial's director of
community outreach and the organizer of the event.

The
theme of this year's Black History Month celebration is "The
Doctor, Research and You." A health fair highlighted by a
presentation by Don McLean, M.S., M.A., will begin at 10 a.m., and
will be followed by an 11 a.m. luncheon featuring keynote speaker
David Blackburn, director of Multicultural & International
Student Affairs at Niagara University.

Mistress
of ceremonies will be Denise Easterling, vice president of the
Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Commission, with musical
selections by Diana M. Reeves and students from Niagara Street
Elementary School.